defect

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdiːfɛkt/

Verb

intransitive

(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party. / (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.

Japanese Meaning

裏切る（特に軍隊や政治団体などから離反する） / 脱退する（組織や体制から離れること） / 反旗を翻す（忠誠を捨て、敵対する側に立つ）

What is this buttons?

Several senior officers defect to the enemy's side.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

数人の高官が国を裏切って敵側に加わった。

Details

Sense（1）

Capitalizing on the restive mood, Mr. Farage, the U.K. Independence Party leader, took out an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph this week inviting unhappy Tories to defect. In it Mr. Farage sniped that the Cameron government — made up disproportionately of career politicians who graduated from Eton and Oxbridge — was “run by a bunch of college kids, none of whom have ever had a proper job in their lives.”

Google Translation / DeepL Translation